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Considering he was as useful as a chocolate teapot at the beginning of the season, his improved goalkeeping performances is filling me with confidence.

Outside of the squad, I received my first warning from the board about my spending. At the start of the season, I was tasked to have £2.5 million unspent funds by the end of the season and we currently have £350,000 at the moment.

Obviously that is a massive deficit I will have to fill by the end of the season. I cannot make that money unless I have a fire sale so I may have to invite pop bands to perform at Huish Park to form Yeovil Town’s answer to Live Aid.

Barnet 1 Yeovil Town 1

Fielding nearly a full strength side, I was feeling confident travelling to 16 placed Barnet Town.

But disaster struck. A Barnet pass attempting to find Alex Nicholls failed and Nathan Smith collected the ball but decided to pass across goal to Ryan Dickson, stood directly in front of our goalkeeper.

He stumbled and handed the ball to Shaquille Coulthirst who slotted the ball past Peacock-Farrell. A calamity of errors all round.

Nevertheless, the Glovers battled and quickly found an equaliser. Joe Rothwell’s tackle sparked a move which saw Yeovil Town advance to the edge of the area.

Santamaria lost the ball but Simon Church pounced on the loose ball, skipped a Barnet defender and buried the ball into the bottom corner.

He could have added to his eighth goal of the season sooner after, narrowly missing from six-yards out.

The game continued to play out with both sides having chances but failing to find a winner.

Keen to push for a winning goal, Otis Khan gathers the ball from midfield and sprints towards goal virtually unchallenged. One-on-one with the keeper, he fluffs his chance and sees his chance go over the bar.

A massive chance to gain three points and close the gap on Swindon Town has been lost.

Yeovil Town 1 Cambridge United 0

Back-to-back 1-1 draws in the league has left me feeling disheartened and jaded. So what better escape is there than a first round FA Cup tie?

It’s not even Christmas but we are already playing Cambridge for the third time this season, previously winning 3-0 and 1-0. I am already sick of having to play Cambridge again.

A much changed line up gave the team an alternative style, focusing more on direct passing, overlapping runs and attacking whenever possible.

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Carlisle United 1 Yeovil Town 2

While the real Yeovil Town lost 4-0 last Saturday, I was keen to not repeat that nightmare performance.

But the pressure was on as Swindon Town strengthened their lead to six points after the Glovers drew their previous two games.

I played Rothwell in a playmaker role and he played a crucial role in the first goal. He found an advancing Church with a deadly through ball who merely had to take a touch before scoring his ninth goal of the season.

Things instantly got better for Yeovil as Church played a defence splitting pass towards Connor Smith to double their lead.

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Carlisle entered the second-half determined and instantly found a lifeline. Shaun Miller found Jason Kennedy who, with a one-touch pass, found Jason Devitt and slotted the ball into the bottom right corner.

The next 40 minutes was full of Carlisle attacks, Yeovil defending with their backs against the wall and playing down the clock in any way we could.

Thankfully we held onto our lead and won our first league game this episode. Swindon Town’s draw saw us close the gap to four points.

The league table after 17 games

Final thoughts

A battling win against Carlisle United and progression towards the second round of the FA Cup are easily highlights in this episode.

The Carlisle result ended a spell of 1-1 draws and beating Cambridge allowed us to earn more prize money and a chance to impress in the world’s oldest cup competition.

Our goal of promotion is now looking realistic as long as we can maintain our performances and continue to gain points from wherever possible but mainly win games.

Next episode sees us play a crucial set of fixtures of Swinton Town, Notts County, Wycombe Wanders and Plymouth Argyle.